Chapter 160: The Exile and the Prophecy
Jessica blushed and went to Daisy for bread, and William called the Nightmare Cavalry, who were on the verge of qualifying.
He first broke the black bread in his hand into a dozen pieces and handed them to the knights who were only slightly less mentally strong, and then relied on the legion panel and the knowledge of his previous life to guide them one by one.
The Black Nightmare cavalry was suspicious at first, but as the people who ate the black bread broke through, this suspicion gradually turned into a frenzy, and the movement here grew louder.
Soon, everyone was woken up and gathered around curiously.
William naturally did not refuse to come, and began to give them "promotion guidance" one by one.
"You're still a little short of strength, so if you have time, you need to do more muscle training. ”
"You are poor in physical fitness, your physique is too weak, you have to eat more meat in the future. ”
"You're thinking about fart eating, you still want to be a crossbowman with your eyesight that doesn't distinguish between humans and animals five meters away"
When Jessica returned with the bread, she found that William had been surrounded by her own subordinates, and the Black Nightmare cavalry, who usually only listened to his orders, not only listened to him honestly, but also looked at him with both longing and admiration.
Anyone who received his advice would thank him with joy, and then leave the crowd with excitement on his face and start doing all kinds of weird things. Someone is running, someone is doing push-ups, and someone is eating like crazy.
If someone did this when he was camping in peacetime, he would definitely be dealt with by military law, but in just a short period of time, two more people succeeded in advancing to the second order, and one of them still broke through from the first order to the second order, which proved that William's method was not only effective, but also very fast.
Looking at the fanatical expressions of the black-armored knights beside William, Jessica suddenly felt a little heavy in her neck.
The strength of his legions has increased, which is of course a great thing, but why does it always feel wrong?
At this moment, a firm voice caught her attention.
"I'm telling you, it's not bread. ”
The female knights followed the prestige, and several knights with pained faces were holding water bags and rinsing their mouths frantically, and the facial features on their faces were almost twisted together.
Needless to say, these are certainly the people who ate the brown bread.
Jill was the first to clean up the remaining smell in his mouth, first covering his mouth and retching, then patting his chest and swearing
"You believe me, as soon as I put it in my mouth, I knew what was in it, and it must have stuffed a woman's socks that made bread."
He said palely, "The women who make bread don't have enough strength, they need to put on thick socks and step on the dough with their feet, and after covering their feet for a day, they are sour and salty, and they smell of wheat, which I am all too familiar with, and the feet of the bakery lady in our town smell like this." ”
"You don't talk about it"
A black-armored knight beside him had just rinsed his mouth, and when he heard Jill's colorful description, he immediately fell down again.
"Hey, I can still lie to you"
Jill was furious, thinking he didn't believe his words. "I've tasted it several times, and it tastes exactly the same, if you don't believe me, I'll take you next time I try it yourself, she promises to taste the same flavor as this bread."
"Vomit"
Jessica's face turned green when she heard this, and she couldn't help but retch after recalling the terrible smell, and hurriedly left the place.
Just as she was about to hand the bread to William, a pale blue alchemical firework flew out of the dense forest and exploded in the sky with a thud.
After seeing the eye-catching blue fireworks in the sky, she couldn't help but frown.
The fireworks carried by the Scouts of the Farrell family are red, yellow and blue, the red fireworks indicate the danger that cannot be resisted, the yellow fireworks indicate the need for support in the event of an enemy, and the blue fireworks indicate safety, but there are some abnormal situations that need to be dealt with.
The thousand people led by himself and William set off overnight, and there was still a whole day's journey away from the target marquisate, so it stands to reason that there should not be any situation, could it be that there is some hidden sentry in this dense forest
Soon, several scouts drove some people out of the dense forest.
Jessica frowned, most of these people were yellow and thin, they looked like they hadn't eaten for a long time, and they didn't carry weapons on their bodies, they looked no different from ordinary homeless people.
The scout at the head came with his horse and bowed respectfully to a knight.
"Lord Jessica, we found a camp in the woods, it seems that there are about one or two thousand men, and there is a certain amount of armed in it, because we are afraid that it may be an enemy sentry, so we have captured a few lone men and brought them back. ”
The men and women they had captured turned pale with fright when they saw the large number of soldiers in the clearing, and a gray-haired old man knelt down in front of Jessica with a pop.
"This adult, we are all ordinary people, just running into the forest to hide, definitely not bandits, let alone sentry"
William also found out about the situation here, and the black-armored knights who had separated from him came over and asked with a flat face
"Where did you come from?"
A peasant woman from Bupa Baotou trembled and said, "My lord, we are from Fort Dosa, which was originally the territory of the Duke of Caine, and was later occupied by other nobles, and then recently bought back by the Duke of Cain, and we ran away."
Jessica looked at these people and asked suspiciously, "Fort Dosa is the Marquis of Dosa, since you know that it was bought back by Kane, you should also know that the Farrell family is unlikely to fight again, why do you still run?"
A dark and thin middle-aged man boldly said, "This lady is because Fort Dossa was bought back by the Duke of Kane, so we have to hide."
"Why Kay"
"Okay, no more questions. ”
William shook his head and stopped Jessica, who was still trying to continue asking.
He already understood why these people were running away, although Kane was not very creative in collecting taxes, but he was thick-skinned enough, and the taxes on the territory had already been received thirty years later, and his ability to scrape the land was extremely strong.
Although it was the Church of Wealth that paid for the three marquisates this time, after all, it also passed through his hands, and with his greed as the bloodline of the Mammon Demon, it was definitely inevitable to loot it.
When thinking of this, William couldn't help but feel a little faintly afraid.
He finally knew why Leonard had sold the three marquils to Kane.
If they really took over these three marquisates step by step according to Kane's conditions, I am afraid that by the time these three marquises arrived, they would have already been looted, and the ground was full of food and clothing, which can be called ordinary people waiting to be fed.
According to Avril's character, I am afraid that she will spend a lot of money to buy food, at least to help these people survive for a while, these three marquises are not a benefit, but a big trouble.
Now that Kane has been killed by himself, his family is probably still looting, and if he goes a little later, these three marquisates will be ruined even if they get their hands on them.
After ordering a few scouts to send the people back, William turned to look at the female knight with a puzzled look on her face, and said with a serious face
"Jessica, it looks like we can't sleep together today, let's get ready to travel overnight"
At the same time, a delicate girl was glaring at the middle-aged man in front of her dissatisfied.
"Teacher, do you have to travel overnight?"
The middle-aged man nodded. "Well, the prophecy tells me I can't put it off any longer. ”
The girl's brow furrowed. "But tomorrow is the annual assembly day, and all the big chambers of commerce are coming, if you leave now, what about the noon assembly tomorrow?"
The middle-aged man she called a teacher had a Chinese face, looking both heroic and honest, but he was a little old and decrepit, and there were a lot of fine lines on his forehead and the corners of his eyes.
After hearing the girl's question, the middle-aged man grinned at the corners of his mouth. On that righteous face, there was an inexplicable obscene smile.
"Isn't there still you?"
"Ahhh
The plainly dressed girl screamed, then closed her eyes in a broken state, and her beautiful face was full of despair.
"Please, teacher, really please, don't smile at others in the future."
After hearing his disciple's almost wailing request, the middle-aged man scratched his face with some embarrassment.
"Isn't it used to be a habit when my face was full of wrinkles, and it was a little kinder to smile like this. ”
The girl shook her head desperately, her head shaking like a rattle.
"No, no, no, no, I swear to the great god of knowledge, teacher, you just went from being ordinary to very obscene."
The middle-aged man put away his smiling face, frowned, and scolded: "You kid is talking nonsense, I can be the president of the Jinsa Chamber of Commerce, how can I be obscene, I was appreciated by the old president with this face."
"You go, you go"
Karina interrupted him, lowered her head and pushed her teacher desperately, for fear that she would do something rebellious on impulse.
Since drinking the spring water given by the bastard named Leonard, the teacher has gradually begun to regain his youth, and now he has returned to the appearance of a middle-aged man.
This is a good thing, but the problem is that although the teacher's face has become younger, he still maintains the habit of smiling when he is old, and in order to block the missing teeth in his mouth, the teacher habitually pulls his lips in when he laughs, and he always squints
The middle-aged man was pushed by his disciple and left the Chamber of Commerce, and as the door behind him was slammed shut, the obscene expression on his face also fell silent, replaced by a faint sadness.
"I'm sorry, Karina. ”
He sighed softly and whispered, "You may have said the last thing you said to me, and if I don't make it back, I hope you won't be too sad." ”
After speaking, the middle-aged man looked at his right hand, and a ring made of vines was impressively visible.
"Hehe, you have caused me to age for decades, I didn't expect it to be my only life, if the prophecy comes true, it is really ironic enough,,,
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